Climate averages 1991–2020
Aguachica weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Aguachica: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 312 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ocaña (30 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 5.0°C cooler than Aguachica, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Aguachica ranks 15th of 46 for the warmest August highs and 43rd of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Aguachica is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 312 mm to 348 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aguachica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 119 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 265 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 408 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 236 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 312 | 28.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 348 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 320 | 29.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 26.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 89 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ocaña in AugustColombia · 30 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AugustColombia · 130 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Barrancabermeja in AugustColombia · 141 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 329 mm rain
- Rubio in AugustVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Magangué in AugustColombia · 163 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 163 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AugustVenezuela · 201 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 mm rain
- Montelíbano in AugustColombia · 202 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 161 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aguachica) is explained once on the Aguachica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.